Tonzi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Twycross Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Tonzi

Identification

EEP nr	8503

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 32 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1984-10-03 unknown
Birth place:
Imported:	1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	by boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Death
Dead:	†2016-12-02
Death reason:	euthanised: arthritis
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1998-08-06	♀ Tara EEP id: 9809
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Twycross Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1997-10-02	Twycross Zoo from Chester Zoo

1996-10-19	Chester Zoo from Twycross Zoo

1991-01-19	Twycross Zoo from Soest Zoo

1990-11-15	Soest Zoo from Amersfoort Zoo

1990-10-15	Amersfoort Zoo from Soest Zoo

1990-00-00	Soest Zoo 1990-00-00 from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

	Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo) from E.A.G. van den Brink

	E.A.G. van den Brink from Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE)

Record history
History of updates	2018-09-02

Latest document update	2021-09-18 13:01:10
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† Tonzi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2016-12-02 at Twycross Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as arthritis.

Offspring

Origin

Tonzi was born unknown 1984-10-03. and imported 1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink, by boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Tonzi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Twycross Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1612. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Links

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